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James Bourke | LOCAL angler Pete Fraser is sick and tired of seeing rubbish strewn along the Lee Breakwater, but he thinks it would be a “crying shame” if the Port of Portland closed the popular fishing spot, even temporarily, just to clean it up. Mr Fraser is proposing that like-minded locals have a meeting to try to see what can be done to stop the rubbish dumping. “I think we need to get together, because personally I am really stumped as to … Continue reading 0 Comments
Steve Robertson | PORTLAND’S support for the neediest children ofCambodiawill continue, but not through the mechanism of KSEDO (Khmer Social Economic Development Organisation), the children’s home co-founded by young Portland woman Rebecca Lake. Ms Lake, 23, will take up a new role next … Continue reading 0 Comments
Huw Cushing | CHILDREN’S health will be better monitored at Portland District Health thanks to new equipment bought with a donation by local police. Nearly $23,000 was donated from the Portland Police Social Club for five new mobile paediatric vital sign monitors, two … Continue reading 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | A NEW education centre inPortlandwill provide 24 undergraduate medical and allied health students with clinical placements from January next year. The centre will be established at Dhauwurd-Wurrung Elderly and Community Health Service’s new facility at the former Lewis Court Home … Continue reading 0 Comments
Steve Robertson | PORTLANDturned on a near-perfect day on Saturday as the community celebrated the sumptuous marine diversity created every year by the Bonney Upwelling. Attracting many hundreds of local people and visitors alike, this year’s Upwelling Festival was presented by the Rotary … Continue reading
Steve Robertson | A DOZEN Portland-area investors who lost millions of dollars by putting money into very risky investment products plan to sue their financial advisor. The advisor is from the south-west but for legal reasons cannot be named. A spokesperson for legal … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | A TRUCK rolled just outside Grassdale shortly after 1am on Friday morning on a bend near the intersection of Dartmoor-Hamilton and Tahara-Grassdale roads. The driver of the truck, a 61-year-old fromHindmarshValleyinSouth Australia, did not appear seriously injured in the rollover, … Continue reading
Steve Robertson | NO matter what sort of artistic subjects you fancy, from seascapes to birds to evocative depictions of rural Victorian life, chances are there was a picture to please you at the 30th annual Rotary Art Show which finished yesterday in … Continue reading
Steve Robertson | ONE of Portland’s most impressive gardens will provide the setting for the “Cup Day Fever” fundraiser next week to help make dreams come true for deserving Portland children. Des and Nicki Hein’s garden, inKerrs Rd, has already been honoured with … Continue reading
James Bourke | THE Portland Chickenfeed store could possibly be re-branded as Crazy Clark’s, or may even face closure over the coming weeks. The uncertain future of the Chickenfeed store has come about after the discount retailer’s parent company, Retail Adventures Proprietary Limited, … Continue reading
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